The MDMK has threatened to block all roads leading to Kerala from Tamil Nadu on May 28, to protest against the Kerala’s refusal to release Tamil Nadu’s share of water for irrigation and drinking purposes.

The huge garland that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati wore at a public rally in Lucknow on Monday, caused the disruption of the Lok Sabha on Tuesday even as the estimated value of the currency notes of which it was made varied from Rs 21 lakhs to Rs 15 crore.

In the aftermath of 1971 Indo-Pak war, many earth shaking geo-political events took place at international and regional levels. India emerged as a major military and nuclear power in the region and Indo-Soviet nexus adopted an active policy to dominate Indian Ocean.

Three months after he took over reins of the party, the president of the main opposition party in India, BJP president Nitin Gadkari, on Tuesday brought in a mix of youth, experience and women in his team of office bearers inducting heavyweights like Vasundhara Raje and Ravishankar Prasad and hardliners like Varun Gandhi and Vinay Katiyar.

"Australian Government has seriously taken stocks of attacks on Indians there and the government is making changes in education registration system and law enforcement measure", said Australian High Commissioner Peter Verghese after meeting the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Tuesday.

One person was killed and four others were injured, including two CRPF personnel, when ultras struck the heavily-guarded Lal Chowk commercial hub of the city onb Tuesday, the fourth attack within a week.

There were shootouts near the Deep Space Network (DSN) centre of India's space agency ISRO early Tuesday. Two men found lurking around the centre, located 40 kms from Bangalore, fired gunshots when questioned and escaped after the guards returned fire, according to officials.

Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has made it clear that Pakistan is not doing its part to follow through on promises to dismantle terrorist organisations, adding that some of the leaders of these groups continue to have access to the airwaves to make threats against India.